Campaign Finance Reform Check

Instituted more stringent disclosure requirements for federal candidates, political parties and political action committees (PACs)

• Federal Election Campaign Act
• Buckley v. Valeo
• McCain Feingold
• McConnell v. FEC

Struck down limits on various types of expenditures, upheld FECA’s limits on contributions to individual candidates and on aggregate contributions to multiple candidates by persons, groups, and political action committees (PACs)

• Federal Election Campaign Act
• Buckley v. Valeo
• McCain Feingold
• McConnell v. FEC

Banned "soft money", restricted so-called issue ads, increased the contribution limits.

• Federal Election Campaign Act
• Buckley v. Valeo
• McCain Feingold
• McConnell v. FEC

The First Amendment corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited

• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
• Citizens United v. FEC
• McConnell v. FEC
• Buckley v. Valeo

Made corporations and labor unions people too.

• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
• Citizens United v. FEC
• McConnell v. FEC
• Buckley v. Valeo

Significant for having introduced the notion that spending money on behalf of a candidate or a political party is a form of protected speech.

• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
• Citizens United v. FEC
• McConnell v. FEC
• Buckley v. Valeo

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. What type of campaign contributions were eliminated under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)?

• "hard" money contributions
• "soft" money contributions
• "corrupt" money contributions
• "corporate" money contributions

Presidential candidates are allowed to use their own money - in unlimited amounts. Which Supreme Court case makes this so?

• Buckley v. Valeo
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Gideon v. Wainwright

BCRA was a bipartisan agreement - meaning ... what?

• it had the support of every member of Congress
• it had support from both Republicans and Democrats
• it had the support of all 3 branches of government
• it had the support of every Cabinet secretary

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. Just to be clear: What kind of money can your parents contribute to a Bernie Sanders or a Donald Trump?

• "fast"
• "hard" 
• "soft"
• "personal"